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Home Premium to Ultimate upgrade

Desperation — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:36:02 GMT

Hello,

I just tried upgrading from Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium to Windows Vista Ultimate...at first it checked my system for compatibility (yes, I instereted the disk into the CD drive thingy and then clicked upgrade while Home Premium was running)...once it finished checking for compatibility it said this: [IMG]http://i577.photobucket.com/albums/ss214/emoboytoy_2009/error.jpg[/IMG] so I searched the Internet for that Knowledge Base article and I found something...but I don't know if it's what I needed...this is the one that I found http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vistawu/thread/e4987701-14fc-4769-9410-1db06616a90a and I'm not going to try that just yet. During installation it gave me the option of ignoring the error; so I kept on going with the upgrade (home premium to Ultimate) and everything looked normal until it got to the part where it was completeing the upgrade...it stayed there for a few minutes and then an error box came up during the installation (completeing upgrade final part) and it said that one or more of my system components prevented the upgrade...so it brought my old version of Windows Vista back...and now I'm stuck with Windows Vista Home Premium...is there anything else I can do other then what the forums article said? I don't want to do what the Microsoft forums guy said to do in Safe Mode because it seems like a lot of work...so I'm looking for any other possible solution to these problems.

Thank you!

Vista Home Basic Reinstall and Update Issues

pjmaggitti — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:29:43 GMT

I've just done a clean reinstall of a three-year-old copy of Vista Home Basic and I'm having problems getting service packs one and two installed. I've gotten a bunch of updates from Microsoft, but what I'd like to do is uninstall them and replace them with service packs one and two. How do I do that and where can I get the service packs? Thanks much.

I need help with an upgrade from home vista home basic to premium

thecleggs3 — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:33:59 GMT

I recently purchased a product key for an upgrade from vista home basic to premium and the person I purchased it from sent me a link that was supposed to give me everything I need to upgrade but (a) I realized they sent me the 64 bit version and I need the 32 bit version and (b) it didnt work anyway. I need to know if there is a way to get the upgrade with just the product key and not the upgrade dvd.

Need to make sure I have the latest Windows Media Player

ty25_james — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 22:48:30 GMT

I need to make sure I have the latest windows media player on my computer as a few different third party applications which play through WMP do not work. When I contact the third parties they said to download the latest updates since that is likely the cause of the problem. When I update the 'Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB941651)' it says The update does not apply to your system. Now I know for a fact I have the 64 bit system since I've checked this under the computer properties and I had to know for other software I had to download. Why am i getting this error?? Please help.

Activation Error

Neox — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 14:20:44 GMT

I'm sorry if I have placed this in the wrong board.

I have been running Vista for a little while now. Recently,
my desktop started changing to a flat black. Every time
I set a desktop image it changed back to black.

I started to look into it and realized my copy of Windows
Vista wasn't fully activated. I obtained my product key and
proceeded to activate.

When I entered the key, it said it may take a few minutes.
A little over ten seconds passed when I got an error. Error
Code: 0xC004E003 to be exact. It also said "The software
licensing service reported that the license evaluation failed."

I ran a diagnostics test to obtain my personal computer settings.
I own a Dell Latitude D610.

Diagnostic Report (1.9.0011.0):
-----------------------------------------
WGA Data-->
Validation Status: Invalid License
Validation Code: 50

Cached Validation Code: N/A, hr = 0xc004f012
Windows Product Key: *****-*****-F4GJK-KG77H-B9HD2
Windows Product Key Hash: iJAth4TbScMi8HdcPurlASXdEkw=
Windows Product ID: 89578-OEM-7332157-00204
Windows Product ID Type: 2
Windows License Type: OEM SLP
Windows OS version: 6.0.6001.2.00010300.1.0.003
ID: {9B2B8513-5B76-44A2-AFE7-E726E09929F1}(1)
Is Admin: Yes
TestCab: 0x0
WGA Version: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
Product Name: Windows Vista (TM) Home Premium
Architecture: 0x00000000
Build lab: 6001.vistasp1_gdr.090302-1506
TTS Error:
Validation Diagnostic:
Resolution Status: N/A

WgaER Data-->
ThreatID(s): N/A, hr = 0x80070002
Version: N/A, hr = 0x80070002

WGA Notifications Data-->
Cached Result: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
File Exists: No
Version: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
WgaTray.exe Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
WgaLogon.dll Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002

OGA Notifications Data-->
Cached Result: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
Version: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
OGAExec.exe Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
OGAAddin.dll Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002

OGA Data-->
Office Status: 109 N/A
OGA Version: N/A, 0x80070002
Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
Office Diagnostics: 025D1FF3-364-80041010_025D1FF3-229-80041010_025D1FF3-230-1_025D1FF3-517-80040154_025D1FF3-237-80040154_025D1FF3-238-2_025D1FF3-244-80070002_025D1FF3-258-3

Browser Data-->
Proxy settings: N/A
User Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Win32)
Default Browser: C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
Download signed ActiveX controls: Prompt
Download unsigned ActiveX controls: Disabled
Run ActiveX controls and plug-ins: Allowed
Initialize and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe: Disabled
Allow scripting of Internet Explorer Webbrowser control: Disabled
Active scripting: Allowed
Script ActiveX controls marked as safe for scripting: Allowed

File Scan Data-->
File Mismatch: C:\Windows\system32\uxtheme.dll[6.0.6001.18000]

Other data-->
Office Details: {9B2B8513-5B76-44A2-AFE7-E726E09929F1}1.9.0011.06.0.6001.2.00010300.1.0.003x32*****-*****-*****-*****-B9HD289578-OEM-7332157-002042S-1-5-21-1061020828-763253265-3093214658Dell Inc.Latitude D610 Dell Inc.A0620051002000000.000000+0008A313507018400E204090409Eastern Standard Time(GMT-05:00)03109

Spsys.log Content: 0x80070002

Licensing Data-->
Software licensing service version: 6.0.6001.18000
Name: Windows(TM) Vista, HomePremium edition
Description: Windows Operating System - Vista, OEM_SLP channel
Activation ID: bffdc375-bbd5-499d-8ef1-4f37b61c895f
Application ID: 55c92734-d682-4d71-983e-d6ec3f16059f
Extended PID: 89578-00146-321-500204-02-1033-6001.0000-2412009
Installation ID: 022145995602952471378201469752607962572230148062071504
Processor Certificate URL: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=43473
Machine Certificate URL: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=43474
Use License URL: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=43476
Product Key Certificate URL: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=43475
Partial Product Key: B9HD2
License Status: Notification
Notification Reason: 0xC004F057.

HWID Data-->
HWID Hash Current: NAAAAAEAAgABAAIAAQABAAAAAwABAAEAnJ8CW9fEyoWYc1rvlLBorfL0NhPwNMQKrFbiKA==

OEM Activation 1.0 Data-->
N/A

OEM Activation 2.0 Data-->
BIOS valid for OA 2.0: yes, but no SLIC table
Windows marker version: N/A
OEMID and OEMTableID Consistent: N/A
BIOS Information:
ACPI Table Name OEMID Value OEMTableID Value
APIC DELL CPi R
FACP DELL CPi R
MCFG DELL CPi R
ASF! DELL CPi R
SSDT PmRef Cpu0Ist
SSDT PmRef Cpu0Ist
SSDT PmRef Cpu0Ist
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

All is a appreciated, if you help me out.

Dual boot, Vista & XP Pro

docusk — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:10:22 GMT

I have installed XP Pro on a separate HD (SATA) and Vista is on the main HD (Also SATA).
I've used Steve Sinchak's instruction sheet and reached the stage of entering the four
'bcedit' commands in the Command prompt window. I have input all these in correct syntax, including appropriate spaces and forward slashes but it says
specified identifier is not valid
The parameter is incorrect.
On the cmd prompt the location is c:\users\geoff but I have tried it in the C: prompt only and it still doesn't work. Maybe windows\system could do the trick.
I need XP as some of my hardware won't work properly with Vista Home Premium.
Can any suggest either, what have I done wrong or what do I need to do?

docusk

Motherboard Swap Vista 32 bit Home Premium

zgy19 — Wed, 20 May 2009 23:23:07 GMT

Currently have a hp pavilion a1730n with Vista 32 bit Home Premium and am wanting to upgrade the motherboard and cpu from the amd athlon 64 x2 4600 2.4ghz with a ASUS A8M2N-LA board to a amd athlon 64 x2 6000 3.0ghz with a ASRock A780GMH/128M board. Will it work ok without having to reinstall the operating system?

Windows Vista (32) Unable to update

hilkka — Sat, 30 May 2009 15:35:32 GMT

Hi!

My Windows Vista is not able to update automatically or manually. The task bar displays the message Windows is unable to update. Manually pressing the Windows Updates results only in a quick flash of the Update screen; no action.

A posting in this Forum suggested deleting the Windows Update key by going to regedit>HMKEY Load Machine>Software>Policies>Microsoft>Windows>Windows Update
My Vista does not currently have the Windows Update key in the above described location, so this instruction did not help.

Please help! Thank you!

After installation of vista on first boot

Mahinda2009 — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:49:19 GMT

After installation of vista on first boot

massage come like this

Booting GRLDR
resetting boot drive......

then restart

all the its like this..

help me i ve done every thing even hdd partioned again and newer works

Edited: Today @ 12:48:10 PM by Mahinda2009

Need very ergant help

Mahinda2009 — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:41:54 GMT

how to extract windows vista ultimate

JaronDaWiz — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:59:58 GMT

hey. can somebody help me in extracting my copy of windows vista ultimate? don't worry. it was a legit download. i've tried extracting it several times, and i still can't get it right. aren't you supposed to extract it to get the .iso image? i have no idea as to what i'm doing. i have winrar, and even that hasn't made things easier. somebody please help me. thanks.

Transitioning from a Mac to Vista

any1have1 — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 10:26:08 GMT

Hi All,

I have an older Apple laptop that I've been using forever, but my new job is all Windows based and will be issuing me a laptop with Vista64 installed. I'm really not very knowledgeable about Windows software so forgive the newbie question. Does Windows Vista64 need a special antivirus or is there one pre-installed? Will I be able to use my printer and other peripherals with my new laptop? Thanks for your help!

Download Windows Vista SP2 Pre-Beta Version by Registry Hack

Benny — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 21:40:48 GMT

1. Copy and paste the below code in the notepad and save it as “update.bat” anywhere in your Windows machine OR download it from here

@echo off

reg delete HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\WindowsUpdate\VistaSp2 /f > NUL 2>&1
reg delete HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\ Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\VistaSP2 /f > NUL 2>&1

reg add HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\WindowsUpdate\VistaSp2 /v Beta1 /t REG_SZ /d C21A5C64-2530-CC19-042F-9ABDB4ED27F9 /f
IF NOT %errorlevel% == 0 ( goto ERROR)

:SUCCESS
@echo.
echo ======================================
echo Windows Vista SP2 registry keys successfully set.
echo Please check for updates on Windows Update.
echo ==========================================
@echo.
goto END

:ERROR
@echo.
echo ==========================================
echo ERROR setting the Windows Vista SP2 registry keys
echo Please run this script as Administrator (right-click, 'Run as Administrator').
echo ==========================================
@echo.
goto END

:END
pause
pause

Read More @ [url=http://windowsaddict.blogspot.com/2008/10/download-windows-vista-sp2-pre-beta.html][b][u]Windows Vista Guide : Download Windows Vista SP2 Pre-Beta Version 6.0.6002.16489 by Registry Hack[/u][/b][/url]

can't open a site on windows vista

bestplanetsneakers — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:17:34 GMT

can anyone open this site bestplanetsneakers on their computer?

Vista product keys guarantee

kiseki_o_o — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:57:46 GMT

Hi.
I have some OEM Vista Business DVDs which I haven't used at all, only the seal opened so that the product key is visible.
The thing is, when I'm about to sell these, noone would believe if the DVDs & Product keys are still unused, just because the seal has been removed from the boxes and the keys are visible.

I couldn't think of any way to prove that they keys are still new and unused.. Is there any way, instead of installing it of course..?

clean 32bit Vista Ultimate Install Yields Black Screen

soupson — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:49:07 GMT

If I had read the 17 pages of problems and woes before I bought the Vista Ultimate (OEM) OS, I would have waited another year.

Background

Asus mobo and P4 cpu replaced, running xp pro 32 bit on Sata HDD.

Unplugged all HDD except the new SATA Hdd, set boot sequence, inserted DVD to observe a black screen (did see the press any key message)

New configuration--Asus P5Q Deluxe, Intel Q6600, 2 X 1 GB OCZ PC 5400 DD2 RAM(800 mhz). 4 SATA HDD's, (I PURCHASED ONE FOR CLEAN VISTA INSTALL), 2 IDE DVD DRIVES, ATI AIW X600

What Have I Done!

googled problem, visited Asus forum pages, phoned friendly techs and tested RAM (Memtest) and HDD

OS DVD was read by another Pc

BIOS auto detects RAM, CPU, HDD'S and Marvel drivers, USB ports activated, IDE drives also recognized

Haven't flashed BIOS, Asus has been busy with 3 upgrades since first release in June of this year

Also tried a reinstall of XP Pro over itself, got following message after lengthy delay--"The file is possibly corrupt. The file header checksum does not match the computed checksum."

Someone wave your magic wand and make it work!

Vista CD Files Complete/Incomplete

W4133D — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:48:39 GMT

[font=Tahoma]I own a Mac and I'm going to make a seperate drive for Vista , I downloaded vista and everything now all I need is a DL CD, but my problem is, I think I accidentally deleted some files of vista please tell me if my files are the files i need the files are :

autorun.inf, efi(folder), setup.exe, sources(folder), boot(folder), source(folder), bootmgr, support(folder), upgrade(folder) <---Im not sure if upgrade is part Vista, is it and are all the files there ?

Thanks appreciate it.[/font]

Windows 7 Leaked!

Jason — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:51:26 GMT

http://www.vistaforums.com/Forum/Topic134777-8-1.aspx

When i try to reinstall windows vista my computer goes slow. Urgent please

dani4621 — Wed, 28 May 2008 13:08:47 GMT

Well, as you can see in Description then I goes black. It goes to show a mouse. It goes to show chose languge. It goes just rly nothing. is a quite detailed problem it really ignoreing becouse it was up all night and i took my power cable out and i let it update. and when its at fist update then it just stops and shuts down. Should be 100% powered up.

I have a Dell XPS M1530 computer its 1 month old. Or somthing like that. I havent called Dell yet to ask him but yea it will be nice if you can help me .

Ohh btw im only 14 years old so if you could please do it detailed for me since i have had other HDD errors and sometimes i just gave up even that im really good at computers i diident have so much experience with Computers and hopefully you that helps me :)

My Vista does not have welcome page shown up during booting

yorkmak — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:05:22 GMT

is it a problem?

SP1- slovak, I can't install it

Drako — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:13:39 GMT

I have a problem it cancel and it refer me to page http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947366 some resolutions i was try but:

1. resolution-> updates i don't want install by this way. I don't try it
2. resolution-> I was trying it but it didn't found something bad
3. resolution-> everytime it stopped max at 76%
4. resolution-> I was trying it recently and imho it 100% good. and this ram is 2months. old
5. resolution-> I have all programs, utilities and aplications turned off and I was restart computer for 3 times

how can i install it? thx